Applying for a business passport in the Netherlands

Do you hold Dutch citizenship? Do you travel a lot outside the Netherlands on business and get a lot of visas in your passport? If so, you can apply for a zakenpaspoort (business passport). Business passports have more pages and more space for visas.

You apply for a business passport at the municipality where you live. Do you hold Dutch citizenship but have no fixed address in the Netherlands? If so, you can apply for a business passport at a grensgemeente (border municipality). You can do this when visiting the Netherlands.

Do you live outside the Netherlands? See how to apply for your second Dutch passport from outside the Netherlands.

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Bernheze

Here is some information from your municipality.

Passport

Please note: you can only apply for a Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.

You must apply for a Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) in person at the municipality where you live. Make an appointment with the municipality of Bernheze to apply for a Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport).

Online appointment (in Dutch)

You can also make an appointment with the municipality of Bernheze by calling +31 (0)412 45 88 88.

A Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) costs: € 75.82
An urgent request (spoedaanvraag in Dutch) costs: € 127.44

Business passport collection

After 5 working days, you can collect your Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) from the municipality of Bernheze.
You must make an appointment to collect your Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport)
You collect your Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) in person from the municipality of Bernheze.
Do you still have an old travel document? Then you must hand it in when you collect your new Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport).
You must collect the Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) within 3 months. After that, the document will be destroyed. Do you still want a passport after this period? Then you have to make a new application and pay again.

You can collect the Dutch zakenpaspoort (business passport) from the municipality after around a week. You have 3 months in which to collect your new passport.